From Access to Impact: A Major Push to Close the Digital Divide Across Michigan

Eric Frederick joined the state of Michigan to lead the Michigan High-Speed Internet Office in July 2022 after spending 12 years at a non-profit that was trying to expand broadband across the country. Since then, the office has expanded and now has two verticals—the digital equity team and the infrastructure data team. Frederick explained, “As we work with solving the digital divide, we know that just because the infrastructure is there doesn’t mean folks are able to use it and leverage it to improve their quality of life, so we need to make sure we’re addressing digital equity, at the same time.”